A thread of early explorations with Claude Opus 5.5

Anthropic's Claude account posted a thread of early explorations built with Claude Opus 5.5, including a short story about a watermelon by @kevin_t_ngo, a recreation of the Apollo 8 Earthrise photograph using image cues and public data, and a Claude Code interface styled as pen and paper by @kevin_t_ngo. The thread also showed a pencil sketch brought to life, a slot machine for combining random UI elements into a new app by @TylerNishida, a toy brick-building app that turns a photo or description into a buildable model, and an algorithmic drawing program by @kevin_t_ngo seeded per drawing. The posts, dated Sep 22, 2026, drew 592.1K views on the first item and between 22K and 280K views on the others.

Claude@claudeaiA thread of early explorations with Claude Opus 5.5: A short story about a watermelon created by @kevin t ngo.00:006:55 PM · Sep 22, 2026·592.1KViews2184228.4K2.2K Claude@claudeaiA thread of early explorations with Claude Opus 5.5: A short story about a watermelon created by @kevin t ngo.00:006:55 PM · Sep 22, 2026·592.1KViews2184228.4K2.2K Claude@claudeai16hA recreation of the moment Apollo 8’s Earthrise photograph was taken, using image cues and public data.00:00132776280K Claude@claudeai16hA Claude Code interface designed by @kevin t ngo to look like pen and paper. New sessions open as napkins.141963946K Claude@claudeai16hA pencil sketch brought to life. Pull the arm back, let go, and watch the counterweight send a ball flying.00:003931225K Claude@claudeai16hA slot machine for interfaces made by @TylerNishida. Combine random UI elements into the starting point of a new app.00:0031024624K Claude@claudeai16hA toy brick-building app. Turn a photo or a description into a buildable model with custom instructions.00:004929022K Claude@claudeai16hAn algorithmic drawing program created by @kevin t ngo. Every drawing is based on a different seed.5828356K